Physicists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Employers filed 200 applications covering 200 positions for this role here, at a median of $84,130 a year. 187 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Physicists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

Level	Who it is for	A year
Level I	Entry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision	$107,952
Level II	Qualified: some experience, moderate supervision	$147,555
Level III	Experienced: sound understanding, limited supervision	$187,179
Level IV	Fully competent: judgement, may supervise others	$226,782

Who filed, and at what

Employer	Level	Filings	Positions	Median
Brookhaven National Laboratory	Level III	62	62	$134,603
Brookhaven National Laboratory	Level I	49	49	$83,593
Brookhaven National Laboratory	Level II	32	32	$124,594
Brookhaven National Laboratory	Level IV	9	9	$180,250
Research Foundation of CUNY	Level I	6	6	$77,730
The Simons Foundation Inc.	Level II	6	6	$162,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Level III	3	3	$220,000
Columbia University	Level I	2	2	$79,574
precess medical drivativess	Level I	2	2	$108,160
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	Level I	2	2	$84,130
AHS Hospital Corp.	Level III	1	1	$229,861
Columbia University	Level II	1	1	$180,000
IBM Corporation	Level II	1	1	$249,922
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Level I	1	1	$76,000
Kent State University	Level I	1	1	$71,261
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Level I	1	1	$75,000
New York University	Level I	1	1	$71,261
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	Level I	1	1	$79,753
Precess Medical Derivatives	Level I	1	1	$108,160
The Trustees of Princeton University	Level II	1	1	$133,000
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	Level I	1	1	$74,277
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	Level I	1	1	$82,274
University of Connecticut	Level I	1	1	$79,000
Qunnect, Inc.	Level I	1	1	$110,000
Columbia University	not stated	9	9	$74,160
New Jersey Institute of Technology	not stated	3	3	$66,477
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	not stated	1	1	$85,588

Tell me when this moves

One email when the prevailing wage for Physicists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ changes — the library turns over every July, and what an employer must offer changes with it.

Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.